That's because the Imperial Palace is home to the Emperor of Japan and his immediate family ... several weeks in advance) and access inside the actual palace is even more restricted.

A small section inside the Imperial Palace grounds was opened to the public ... including a 63-year-old man from Yamagata city in northern Japan. He was accompanied by his son who lives in ...

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for writing graffiti inside a toilet on the grounds of the imperial palace prior to the New Year greeting event by the emperor and his family. Kobayashi Daisuke, ...

Mention of the imperial family's involvement with sericulture appears as far back as the “Nihon Shoki” (Chronicle of Japan), compiled more than 1,000 years ago, which refers to Emperor Yuryaku ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (4th, L), Empress Masako (5th, L), their daughter Princess Aiko (4th, R) and other imperial family members wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in ...

Tokyo, Japan - January 02, 2025 Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo ... for first time See Inside These Dazzling ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday ... political power but has symbolic significance for Japan ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito waves with Empress Masako to well-wishers from the balcony during a public appearance for New Year's Day with his imperial families at Imperial Palace, Thursday, Jan. 2 ...